I dont know, maybe not so bad after all, to have it like this.
I was afraid of spamming, but as I also mention, your 'DSS-work' with the stick is a good marker to see in how much trouble your opponent is in... That you can take advantage of.
It seems they've removed the penalty on the frames where your player is pulling the stick back from a poke check.
Definitely a huge improvement. That was my biggest gripe about the poke check last year.
Thats true! And it should be that way.. It can't do no harm against the puck carrier on is way back, and gives a better flow.
Here are some clips showing more defending of the cross-crease. The key is to be patient, not to frantically switch defenders and use DSS to slow down the rush, allowing your backchecking forwards to help disrupt the play - and most importantly - square your shoulders with the incoming pass in order to 'passively' intercept
(I posted this in another thread, but just in case..)Here's an example of how I feel the A.I. is tied to left stick. You can see MIN #20 begin to push LS hard to the right (as evidenced by his sudden movement to the right in order to chase the puck carrier). At the same time his controller is pushing hard to the right - his A.I. in front of the net moves hard to the right, leaving a player WIDE OPEN in the slot.
I'd like to take a moment to give some credit to passing. I'm bragging here, but being able to find my forward and hit him with a pass like this is so fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEpCLcd2088
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Thats true! And it should be that way.. It can't do no harm against the puck carrier on is way back, and gives a better flow.
Cross crease!!... No wait.... A clean slapper... By the little man T. J osh...
Btw: really cool jersey's my opponent had... Gold!
@EA_Blueberry
I grabbed this gif post-patch last night.. appears this specific issue was addressed!
https://i.imgur.com/eSaBzZN.gif
https://i.imgur.com/tmPx0BV.gif
Here are some clips showing more defending of the cross-crease. The key is to be patient, not to frantically switch defenders and use DSS to slow down the rush, allowing your backchecking forwards to help disrupt the play - and most importantly - square your shoulders with the incoming pass in order to 'passively' intercept
https://i.imgur.com/RDVaM7Q.gif
https://i.imgur.com/cYfJzME.gif
https://i.imgur.com/4tY3z9N.gif
https://i.imgur.com/BZexS1E.gif
I'd like to see more passes deflect off skates like this:
https://i.imgur.com/c2hhRqF.gif
(I posted this in another thread, but just in case..)Here's an example of how I feel the A.I. is tied to left stick. You can see MIN #20 begin to push LS hard to the right (as evidenced by his sudden movement to the right in order to chase the puck carrier). At the same time his controller is pushing hard to the right - his A.I. in front of the net moves hard to the right, leaving a player WIDE OPEN in the slot.
https://i.imgur.com/J82TNvj.gif
I'd like to see DSS stop passes more often like this:
https://i.imgur.com/NI8ypix.gif
I'd like to take a moment to give some credit to passing. I'm bragging here, but being able to find my forward and hit him with a pass like this is so fun:
https://i.imgur.com/0PrshDb.gif
What's with players gliding off-side after offensive zone powerplay wins?
https://i.imgur.com/QC2aCdn.gif
https://i.imgur.com/eUwH30s.gif
More fun after an O-Zone faceoff win, this time the referee gets in to it:
https://i.imgur.com/wwhQmMv.gif
Loving the slap-pass these days:
https://i.imgur.com/wPYDyYP.gif
https://i.imgur.com/Z5Lawd5.gif
Not a fan of instances like this where players just skate right by the puck:
https://i.imgur.com/LXE9IG0.gif